How has Ubisoft managed to oversaturate the open world shooter /
adventure genre by themselves?
Not exact matches
By genre (roughly): 12 Action, 2 Action /
Adventure, 1 Fighting, 1 Puzzle, 4 Shooting, 4 RPGs, 5 quote - unquote «Sports,» and 1 Magically Undefinable.
So says Hans Feurer, the septuagenarian Swiss lensman, who has turned his admiration for beautiful women into a
genre - defining career, all while embracing his irrepressible wanderlust and hunter's sense of
adventure, living a life that is the stuff of literature: over the course of five decades, Feurer was almost crushed
by a hippopotamus, spent time in a Malawi prison and lived a high - rolling life while working in advertising at the height of one of London's most fabled decades.
Rest assured that this episodic
adventure game from a Spanish team really picks up and shows promise in a
genre long forgotten
by gamers.
A superior all - ages
adventure pic made
by a filmmaker who knows more than a thing or two about the
genre.
Wright and Pegg as co-writers again blend rich characters, each informed
by their own lives, with an accessible
genre device that makes for a wholly entertaining, hilarious and surprisingly touching cinematic
adventure.
Having gone from globetrotting Bond - ish
adventure to Michael Mann crime film, Nolan switches
genres again into a Dickensian, dystopian epic, as Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) comes out of retirement, aided and abetted
by Selina Kyle (an excellent Anne Hathaway), to face off against the mysterious terrorist, Bane.
The goofy, off - kilter riff on LA sleaze fits within a
genre highlighted
by better films like Paul Thomas Anderson's Thomas Pinchon adaptation, The Coen's The Big Lebowski or Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (Renny Harlin's The
Adventures of Ford Fairlane, too, but whether that was superior is a maybe).
More of a metaphysical
adventure tale that delves into some moments of abject horror, Annihilation is a potent demonstration of Garland's range within the
genre itself, as well as those who have provided him inspiration (if Ex Machina was haunted
by the specter of Stanley Kubrick, Annihilation is possessed
by Andrei Tarkovsky).
Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex is a rare entry in the
genre trail - blazed
by Nintendo's Metroid, the side - scrolling action -
adventure - explore formula later successfully aped
by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
While it's
by no means the best the
genre has to offer, this
adventure is definitely one that's worth checking out.
Language: English
Genre: Action /
Adventure MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Gore Verbinski Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley Plot: A black smith teams goes on an adventure Pirate Jack Sparrow as they are chased after by Jack's old pirate
Adventure MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Gore Verbinski Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley Plot: A black smith teams goes on an
adventure Pirate Jack Sparrow as they are chased after by Jack's old pirate
adventure Pirate Jack Sparrow as they are chased after
by Jack's old pirate buddies.
Rated PG - 13 For: sequences of violence, action and destruction, brief strong language and some suggestive images Runtime: 144 minutes
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Fantasy After Credits Scene: Yes Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne Directed
By: Bryan Singer
Genre: Sci - fi, Action /
Adventure, Comedy Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll Directed
By: Peyton Reed
Language: English
Genre:
Adventure / Drama MPAA rating: R Director: Ridley Scott Actors: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen Plot: Maximus, a general and friend of Caesar, is sold as a slave
by the new emperor to protect his thrown from Maximus who is the chosen heir.
The ragtag crew of a fishing boat takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea, in this tense high - seas
adventure co-scripted
by South Korean
genre - movie guru Bong Joon - ho.
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Sci - Fi Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Kurt Russell Directed
By: James Gunn
A quirky spin on the
adventure puzzle
genre, you assume the role of an elderly scythe wielding landscaper whose sole job is to clear a path for our intrepid hero
by slicing through 50 grass - filled stages.
Rated PG - 13 For: intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material Runtime: 121 minutes After Credits Scene: No
Genre: Action /
Adventure, Biography Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw Directed
By: Ron Howard
Robin Hood (2018)
Genre: Action /
Adventure Directed
by: Otto Bathurst Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, Ben Mendelsohn, Paul Anderson, Tim Minchin, Josh Herdman, Bjorn Bengtsson Release Date: September 21, 2018
I Kill Giants
Genre: Action /
Adventure / Thriller Directed
by: Anders Walter Starring: Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Jennifer Ehle, Madison Wolfe, Noel Clarke, Sydney Wade, Ciara Ocallaghan, Rory Jackson Release Date: TBA 2017
The Kid Who Would Be King
Genre: Action /
Adventure / Fantasy Directed
by: Joe Cornish Starring: Patrick Stewart, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Rebecca Ferguson, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Doris, Angus Imrie Release Date: September 28, 2018
Broken Age was a unique game for Double Fine, as it was the first point - and - click
adventure game it released as a studio, despite it having been founded
by Schafer, a pioneer of the
genre.
Language: English
Genre: Action /
Adventure MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Doug Liman Actors: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper Plot: A man is rescued
by a fishing boat with no identification or memory.
Combining both third - person shooter and role - playing game
genres, Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet features an original story produced
by Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara, and offers an epic
adventure in which the player's choices help determine the story.
Loosely based on the novel «All the Way»
by Andy Behrens, the screen version is a rather raunchy
adventure reminiscent not only of Judd Apatow's recent offerings but also of such shock
genre staples as The 40 Year - Old Virgin, Road Trip, American Pie, There's Something about Mary and The Sure Thing.
The Legend of Zelda franchise started out
by revolutionizing the action -
adventure genre.
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Sci - fi Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G, Elizabeth Banks, Bryan Cranston, Bill Hader Directed
By: Dean Israelite
The various other
genre awards are won
by Christopher Willis his Russian - inspired music for the satirical comedy «The Death of Stalin»; and Theodore Shapiro for his anarchic but wonderfully sincere score for the animated super hero parody «Captain Underpants: The First Epic
Adventure».
28) «Saban's Power Rangers» Smart Rating: 75.12 Release date: Friday, March 24, 2017
Genre: Action,
adventure, science fiction, fantasy Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler Description: Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated
by an alien threat.
Rated PG - 13 For: intense sequences of violence and action throughout, and some sensuality Runtime: 151 minutes After Credits Scene: No
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Fantasy, Comic Book Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons Directed
By: Zack Snyder
Genre: Sci - fi, action /
adventure, Comic Book Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey Directed
By: Josh Trank
Language: Korean
Genre:
Adventure / Comedy MPAA rating: NR Director: Ji - woon Kim Actors: Kang - ho Song, Byung - hun Lee, Woo - sung Jung Plot: The story of three Korean outlaws in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued
by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Sci - fi, Comic Book Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano Directed
By: Tim Miller aka «An Overpaid Tool»
Rated PG - 13 For: sequences of sci - fi violence and action, thematic elements, and some disturbing images Runtime: 140 minutes After Credits Scene: No
Genre: Sci - fi, Action,
Adventure, Drama Starring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn Directed
By: Matt Reeves
This year's competition has so far proven refreshingly elastic in terms of
genre, judging
by the inclusion of a satirical sci - fi action movie like «Okja» and a family - friendly
adventure story like Todd Haynes» «Wonderstruck.»
Film Review
by Kam Williams Marlon Wayans Spoofs Romance
Genre in Shocking Parody of Salacious S&M
Adventure Ever since Scary Movie (2000), Marlon Wayans has carved out quite a career for himself writing and starring in a string of silly spoofs that includes Scary Movie 2 (2001), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted House (2013), and A Haunted House 2 (2014).
Film Review
by Kam Williams Headline: Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig Co-Star in
Genre - Blending
Adventure Cowboys & Aliens might be the most poorly - executed blend of movie
genres since custard pie slapstick was mixed with a Martian invasion in The Three Stooges in Orbit back in 1962.
Rated PG - 13 For: sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language Runtime: 123 minutes After Credits Scene: Yes
Genre: Action,
Adventure, Comedy Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman Directed
By: David Ayer
How to train your dragon 2
Genre:
Adventure / Fantasy / Animation Directed
by: Dean DeBlois Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz - Plasse, Jonah Hill, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson Release Date: TBA 2013
After Earth
Genre:
Adventure / Science - Fiction Directed
by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith Release Date: June 07, 2013
Aladdin
Genre:
Adventure / Fantasy Directed
by: Guy Ritchie Starring: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen, Numan Acar Release Date: May 24, 2019
The Green Lantern
Genre: Sci - Fi / Action /
Adventure / Superhero Distributed
by: Warner Bross Directed
by: Martin Campbell Starring: Ryan Reynolds Release date: June 17, 2011
Rango
Genre: Animation /
Adventure / Action Directed
by: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, Beth Grant, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Alfred Molina Release Date: March 18, 2010
A Wrinkle in Time
Genre:
Adventure / Fantasy Directed
by: Ava DuVernay Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Pena, Mindy Kaling, Bellamy Young, Levi Miller, Rowan Blanchard, Oprah Winfrey, Andre Holland, Daniel MacPherson, Will McCormack, Storm Reid, Alexia Rae Castillo, Akemi Look, Deric McCabe, Punnavith Koy, Jesse Jacobs, Daniel R. Lawson Release Date: April 06, 2018
Green Lantern 2
Genre: Sci - Fi / Action /
Adventure Directed
by: Martin Campbell Starring: Ryan Reynolds Release Date: TBA 2012
Assassin's Creed 2
Genre: Action /
Adventure / Science - Fiction Directed
by: Starring: Michael Fassbender Release Date: TBA 2018
The Croods
Genre: Animation /
Adventure / Comedy / Family Directed
by: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Emma Stone Release Date: March 30, 2012
The Kids from 62 - F
Genre:
Adventure / Science - Fiction Directed
by: Imani Shakur Starring: Eden McCoy, Michael Sun Lee, Will Spencer, Raam Weinfeld, Giovanna Cappetta, Rebecca Reaney, April Marshall - Miller, Cooper Mothersbaugh, Arthur Richardson, Jason Pickar, Darius Marcell, Logan Schaefer, Eamon Glennon, Curt Romany, Moah Pollas, James Darbyshire Release Date: TBA 2017
Rated R For: sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language Runtime: 123 minutes
Genre:
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy After Credits Scene: No Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer Directed
By: Guillermo del Toro